Urbanism and other things. Currently on a career break travelling the world. π Updates at the link below if you're curious.
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1 Oct 2024
Love this fruity vignette of London's coffeehouse culture, and its reminder of the power of coffee as a tool for innovation in an age where most people were drunk most of the time
1 Oct 2024
It's #InternationalCoffeeDay! Celebrate with a read of @drmatthewgreen's essay on the halcyon days of the 17th and 18th-century London coffeehouse, a haven for caffeine-fuelled debate and innovation which helped to shape the modern world: buff.ly/2XVCegR
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23 Feb 2024
The politics of Americaβs housing issues in one chart:
β’ People and politicians in blue states say they care deeply about the housing crisis and homelessness but keep blocking housing so both get worse
β’ Red states simply permit loads of new homes and have no housing crisis
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26 Nov 2023
β¬οΈ Definitely one to read β¬οΈ
Thank you Jason for taking the time to express the nuance and the bigger narrative of conflict here - the sadness I've felt about the conflict has only been worsened by the moral side taking on it. There's a reason this needs 15 tweets to set out.
26 Nov 2023
A reflection on the hope for community cohesion β A thread
We are reeling; from grief, from pain, from fear, from anger. The tragedy of what has occurred over the past few weeks has shattered many of our worlds. I go to bed each night wishing the fighting would come to end..1/17
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22 Sep 2023
@MrBButterfield In preparation for attending your show on Sunday, we hosted a Treat Day
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12 Sep 2023
I only wish that capturing wider social and economic benefits in how we measure regeneration outcomes was standard practice but it's frustrated me in practice to see it's not. Lots of reasons why, including collective cultural tunnel vision, but good to see some progress at least
12 Sep 2023
As part of our mission to drive regeneration and housing delivery, we have undertaken a comprehensive programme of research aimed at strengthening the approach to economic appraisal and the measurement of social value.
You can read the paper here - bit.ly/468dUWd
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5 Sep 2023
A huge achievement to have this amendment to the Bill and powerful messages around the need for a strategic responsibility over securing a standard for housing - and the huge impact this has on life chances for people who can rely on secure, safe and healthy homes.
4 Sep 2023
Breaking news π¨
Peers have voted in favour of #HealthyHomes for all in the #LevellingUp and Regeneration Bill!!
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21 Aug 2023
Newsflash: man reinvents sailing.
I can't help but laugh, but actually, I wonder how many of the innovations we need to support a climate transition already exist...?
21 Aug 2023
"I do predict by 2025 half the new-build ships will be ordered with wind propulsion
"The reason I'm so confident is our savings - one-and-a-half tonnes of fuel per day. Get four wings on a vessel, that's six tonnes of fuel saved"
bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66β¦
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24 May 2023
Very excited to be awardedfunding through the @innovateuk Fast Followers programme to accelerate our green economy plans in @NewhamLondon - supporting business across the borough and encouraging new supply chains to capture the opportunity around net zero.
24 May 2023
2οΈβ£1οΈβ£ Local Authorities across the UK have been awarded a share of Β£6m to accelerate progress towards #NetZero.
These projects are funded through @innovateuk's #FastFollowers competition, part of our #NetZeroLiving Programme.
Story
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#BusinessInnovation
ALT Photo of a town in the sprawling green UK countryside against a blue sky
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11 Apr 2023
Such sad news. Pam was a complete force of nature. I remember sitting next to her as she prepared her notes before going on stage. A huge spider's web of ideas on a page that she delivered with complete cogence, elegance and force. Absolutely amazing. Sending love to her family.
10 Apr 2023
Iβm so sorry to hear the news of the death of the wonderful force for good Pam Alexander. She was her tweeting chirpy self as ever despite her illness; always a cheerleader & an advocate for whatever she was involved in. Thoughts with Roger and family. RIP Pam. Youβll be missed
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6 Apr 2023
Always good to be able to understand the mess, point at the mess and say "ah, yes, what a mess".
This GIF shows the incoherence of England's policy geographies. This incoherence is a barrier to both cross-sector policymaking and devolution.
This is one key finding from our new report on English government bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/pβ¦
@michaelkenny_ @BennettInst @instituteforgov
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4 Apr 2023
I cover heaps of local authority-led community, cultural, civic etc projects ... but Ipswich Borough Council seeking an architect to transform a landmark 1920s grain silo into the UKβs highest external climbing wall really is something else π€―ππ§ββοΈ architectsjournal.co.uk/compβ¦
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21 Mar 2023
At #expressway this morning to hear employers across Newham share their experiences of why they pay the @LivingWageUK - "it was a no brainer: we want to pay fairly and lead by example". @NewhamLondon π
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I've been using #DALLE to depict fictional streetscapes in the Pacific Northwest filled with missing middle housing that matches the architecture of the region.
I've been very impressed by the results.
AI is incredible at allowing us to imagine better futures.
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26 Aug 2022
Sobering news to wake up to which will hit vulnerable communities and those on pay as you go meters hardest but worth reading Torsten's analysis and the rather more practical perspective he provides underneath on how a radical social tariff might work.
26 Aug 2022
We've crunched the numbers on what the new energy price cap in October (average Β£3,549) and new projections for it to rise to Β£5,386 in January mean for households overall this winter. It's a total catastrophe.
23 Aug 2022
Fact
21 Aug 2022
NO BUT URBAN PLANNING LITERALY IMPACTS EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE LIKE WHERE CROSSWALKS ARE, WHERE APARTMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT, HOW CLOSE PARKS ARE, AND HOW OFTEN THE BUS COMES LIKE EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR DAY IS PLANNED FOR YOU BY SOMEONE, AND NO ONE REALIZES IT
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11 Aug 2022
And one of my favourite memories as a child!
RIP Raymond.
10 Aug 2022
One of my fondest delights as a dad was reading *Father Christmas* to my kids at bedtime on Xmas Eve. Just lovely.
RIP Raymond Briggs
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1 Aug 2022
If you are/you know someone 16-21 living in Newham interested in getting into media, urban planning or regeneration, our consultants @soundingsoffice for our exciting project on the Beckton Riverside Regeneration Vision are hiring a summer intern. Paid at London Living Wage.
1 Aug 2022
Keen to learn new skills while earning some money this summer?
Soundings are looking for two bright young local people to help the community develop a vision and principles for Beckton Riverside.
Applications close 5pm, Thursday 4 August.
Apply now!
orlo.uk/NGktV
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1 Aug 2022
The @TowerHamletsNow Liveable Streets consultation deadlines have all been extended to Sunday 7th August - have your say below ππΆββοΈπ³π²π
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/livβ¦
#LiveableStreets #CleanAirForAll #LTN
10 Jul 2022
Help save the pedestrian improvements at Old Bethnal Green Rd (among others).
This video shows what we stand to lose if the council bring through-traffic back.
Live in/travel through #TowerHamlets?
Object, at
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/livβ¦
Use your survey code if you've got one.
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